New Geology, The by Price, George McCready

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A textbook for colleges, normal schools, and training schools; and for the general reader.

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Author

Price, George McCready

Publisher

Pacific Press Publishing Association

Pages

726

Edition

2ND EDITION

Binding

Hard Back

Condition

C-

Dustjacket

No

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

PART I — PHYSIOGRAPHIC GEOLOGYI. THE GENERAL FEATURES OF THE EARTHII. THE ORGANIC FEATURES OF THE EARTH

PART II — STRUCTURAL GEOLOGYIII. MINERALS AND ROCKSIV. ROCK MASSES

PART III — DYNAMICAL GEOLOGYV. CHEMICAL WORKVI. THE ATMOSPHERE AS A GEOLOGICAL AGENTVII. RUNNING WATERVIII. ICE AS A GEOLOGICAL AGENTIX. THE OCEAN AND ITS WORKX. LIFE: ITS GEOLOGICAL EFFECTSXI. VOLCANOESXII. HEAT: ITS EFFECTS AND ITS CAUSESXIII. EARTHQUAKES AND DIASTROPHISMXIV. MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAIN MAKINGXV. MINERAL VEINS AND ORE DEPOSITS

PART IV — STRATIGRAPHICAL GEOLOGYXVI. CLASSIFICATIONXVII. FOSSILS AND THEIR USES IN GEOLOGYXVIII. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE PLANT AND ANIMAL KINGDOMSXIX. THE PRE-CAMBRIAN ROCKSXX. THE PALEOZOIC GROUP — THE CAMBRIAN SYSTEMXXI. THE TRILOBITESXXII. FOSSIL SHELLSXXIII. THE ORDOVICIAN SYSTEMXXIV. FOSSIL RADIATESXXV. THE SILURIAN SYSTEMXXVI. FOSSIL FISHESXXVII. THE DEVONIAN SYSTEMXXVIII. THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEMXXIX. THE PERMIAN SYSTEMXXX. COAL: ITS OCCURRENCE AND ORIGINXXXI. THE MESOZOIC GROUP — THE TRIASSIC SYSTEMXXXII. THE JURASSIC SYSTEMXXXIII. THE CRETACEOUS SYSTEMXXXIV. FOSSIL REPTILESXXXV. THE CENOZOIC GROUP — THE TERTIARY SYSTEMXXXVI. THE QUATERNARY SYSTEM — THE PLEISTOCENE SERIES

PART V — THEORETICAL GEOLOGYXXXVII. A BRIEF HISTORY OF GEOLOGY XXXVIII. DO THE FOSSILS OCCUR IN A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER?XXXIX. THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE FOSSILS OCCURXL. SCIENTIFIC METHODSXLI. THE HYPOTHESIS OF A WORLD CATASTROPHEXLII. THE ORIGIN AND ANTIQUITY OF MAN